Uninstall Windows Media Player 10 and Start Enjoying Your Media Again by Ken Savage
Windows Media Player 10 has been full of bugs from Microsoft since they offered it as a download from their site. Windows Media Player 9 was nice and simple. Windows Media Player 10 is way too complex and feature-rich that it has taken away from the simpleness of version 9 and ruined itself. ... If you have installed Windows Media Player 10, you can roll back to the version of the Player that was on your computer before installing Windows Media Player 10. ... If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, click Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.

MP3 Players - they're so cool by John Gibb
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ll know that the most popular mp3 player in the world by far is Apple’s iPod. It comes in all sorts of editions, including the Mini, the Nano, and the Shuffle – and every single one is a best-seller. ... Even though everyone calls them mp3 players, mp3s are not the only format you might want your player to be able to play – if you want to use it with Microsoft’s Media Player, for example, you’ll need a player that is also capable of playing wma (Windows Media Audio) format files.

The Advantages of Portable MP3 Players by Vince Capocci
With their solid-state technology, compact size, and abundant memory, portable mp3 players are the state of the art in portable music systems. Most portable mp3 players feature storage systems that have no moving parts. This gives mp3 a distinct advantage over other portable music players, such... Microdrives can carry anywhere from 10 to 150 times as much media as Flash, turning the portable mp3 player into a musical powerhouse. ... The files are then downloaded, via the computer's USB port or parallel port, directly into the mp3 player, or into a reader or removable drive that takes the...

What are MP4 Files - and What Do They Do? by David Bain
MP4 is short for ‘MPEG-4’. The official file extension for MPEG-4 is .mp4 – hence the shortened name MP4. MPEG-4 technology has been developed to provide DVD quality audio and pictures in an extremely small file size – ideal for playing on portable MP4 players such as the iPod Video. ... You have to download the latest MP4 Codec to your own digital media player to ensure MP4 file playback compatibility. ... Other web based media players such as the Real Player will also play the MP4 file format as long as you have the latest version downloaded.

CDR Media by Steve Valentino
A CD-R is essentially a compact disc that can be recorded only once. A CD-R cannot be over written or erased. Taiyo Yuden was the pioneer of the first original gold/green CD-R. Organic dyes are the essential building block of CD-R media, and provide a reflective layer. ... This is even more important if the CD-R media is to be purchased for the purpose of recording. ... Experts often suggest that before placing an order for CD-R media, people should check samples to determine compatibility. ... Prospective buyers may also want to understand block error rates for the media.

Understanding Hard Drives - MP3 Hard Drive Players by Mike Singh
The hard drive of a computer refers to the fact that the computer memory can retain any and all stored information that was put in - even if it is not powered. The non-volatile examples would be hard disks, floppy disks, read-only memory, etc. This would be opposite than RAM, as it loses... If you are simply looking for a hard drive player that will hold an audio book or two then one of the more affordable players with a few gigs of memory should do just fine. ... Are you looking for a hard drive player that can hold your entire music collection?

Cheap Portable DVD Players by Ross Bainbridge
Cheap, portable DVD players are portable DVD players that are at the lower end of the pricing scale. They are typically priced in the $100 to $200 range, with most being priced closer to the lower limit of the price range. With a few exceptions, most of the players in this segment of the... Most of them have a seven-inch or eight-inch liquid crystal display or LCD screen, which is attached to the player. ... They allow you to watch a movie “on the go.” DVD players are devices that play digital video discs (DVDs), an optical disc storage media that stores data, including movies.

CD Burner Vs. DVD Burner by Gavin Duncan
Most people tend to think that a DVD Burner is a better option than a CD Burner for data back-ups either in the office or at home but once you look at the options you can see why CD Burners are still available in the market and is no-where near an era of old technology. ... CD-R discs can either hold data or audio and can be read in almost any CD-ROM and if the CD-R is made into an audio disc then its possible to read the disc in a Hi-Fi or a car CD Player – you will need to make sure the drive has the ability to read CD-R media, most newer models of CD-Players are compatible to read CD-R...

Uninstall and Rollback Windows Media Player 11 and Get Back to Enjoying Your Music by Ken Savage
Rolling back to a previous version of Windows Media Player 11 is a feature of the Windows operating system and cannot be removed entirely. However, in Windows XP, you can roll back to the version of the Player that was previously on your computer. You must be logged on as an administrator or a... If you remove Windows Media Player 11 and the Windows Media Format 11 Runtime, and then encounter error C00D271D ("A problem has occurred in the Digital Rights Management component. ... If you installed a non-US English version of Windows Media Player 11, the instructions in the dialog boxes that...

DivX and Movie Downloading -- What, How, and Why? by Sergio D'Alesio
Most films that are downloaded at present,are in the DivX Format,and by using this method of compression/decompression, a Movie can typically be compressed to about one tenth of its original size and downloaded without noticeable loss of quality to a users PC. ... When a DivX encoded Movie is played out from its storage media (DVD/CD/Hard Drive),it is decompressed by the DivX software and relayed on to a DivX compatible Media Player such as Windows Media Player for Viewing. ... Here it can be stored on a Hard Drive or burnt onto a CD/DVD and viewed on a DivX compatible Media Player.